Etymology

langer

lang·er
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Today it means: Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male). Full definition →

German Langer
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langer · noun1

Uncertain. Suggestions include: * from langur monkeys, via the Munster Fusiliers regiment stationed in India * from languor * from lang, variant of long * from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam * from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon.

Langer · proper noun2

  1. German · derived fromLanger“a surname”
  2. English todayLanger

From German Langer (“a surname”, literally “a tall man”).

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